Our task could not have been completed without assistance from others. Appreciation is extended to the many administrators and teachers at schools we visited who helped us gather information about "all aspects" and the thematic curriculum. These schools included Central High School Magnet Career Academy, Louisville, Kentucky; Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, Chicago, Illinois; Dauphin County Technical School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Minuteman Regional Vocational High School, Lexington, Massachusetts; Health and Bioscience Academy, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, California; Rindge School of Technical Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and the Travel and Tourism Academy, William Fleming High School, Roanoke, Virginia.
The opportunity to provide assistance to several high schools who were in the formative stage of thematic curriculum implementation was as much a learning as a helping experience. We are greatly appreciative to administrators and teachers at Charlottesville High School, Charlottesville, Virginia; Colonial Heights High School, Colonial Heights, Virginia; and Franklin County High School, Rocky Mount, Virginia, for allowing us to become involved with their important implementation tasks.
Appreciation is also extended to Eileen Keeney at our NCRVE Virginia Tech Site, and Jen Goodreau, Plaid River Designs. Without their word processing and desktop publishing expertise and contributions, we would still be trying to figure out how to get all these words in their proper format.
This publication is dedicated to Nevin Frantz who passed away on May 29, 1997. Nevin co-directed the project that served as a basis for this guide and made significant contributions to the guide content. He was a leader, scholar, and friend who will be missed by all.